Thought for the day
“A beauty is a woman you notice; a charmer is one who notices you”. (Adlai Stevenson)
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Brexit: the cerebral Obama was right.
The British are split almost 50-50 over exit from the EU. For remaining in Europe are 91% of Guardian readers, 73% of young people under 30, 47% of Labour Party voters, 70% of graduates and the professional classes, and the majority of those from London, Scotland and Wales. Ranged against them are less educated people, …
The kindness of strangers
A team of anthropologists at University College London interviewed hundreds of couples in two hunter-gatherer tribes, the Palanan Agta of the Philippines and Congo’s Mbendjele BaYaka, as well as the Filipino farming tribe the Paranan, which is a patriarchal society. These people offer a strong approximation of the lifestyles and communities of our oldest ancestors …
On Quoting Shakespeare
“If you cannot understand my argument, and declare “It’s Greek to me”, you are quoting Shakespeare; if you claim to be more sinned against than sinning, you are quoting Shakespeare; if you recall your salad days, you are quoting Shakespeare; if you act more in sorrow than in anger; if your wish is farther to …
Are we moving towards a police state? More about a militarized police
Assertions have been made that there is a new nationwide crime wave and a hate campaign against the police in America; that the police fear the next video purporting to illustrate police brutality; that they have been stripped of the equipment they need to defend themselves, and are being treated as if they, not the …
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